Aash-ab-yad-th (Boiled White Rice or Steamed Rice)

Ingredients

• •8 cups boiling water
• •2 teaspoons salt
• •2 cups rice, soaked
• •5 tablespoons samen

Directions

1. 1Boil water and salt, add drained rice and cover, then cook over a low heat for 10 to 11 minutes. Remove lid, test a few grains of rice between the finger and thumb. When it is slightly undercooked, drain into colander and run cold water through to keep the grains separated.
2. 2In the same pot, melt half the samen then pile the rice on top again then cover with remaining samen.
3. 3Cover with a tightly fitting lid--don't open--and steam for 20 minutes. Serve hot.